Tokyo

OMG, we seemed to pack a lot into our first day, I don't think we'll keep this pace up.

An early morning coffee at Tully's in Nakamise shopping street - I love a good covered shopping street in Japan. We took the metro from Asakusa to Euno station to sort out our shinkansen tickets to Nagano next Friday - managed to work out the vending machine.

The next stop was Yanaka ginza, a beautiful old school shopping street where we wandered for a while - it was early before most shops opened, so that saved me some money. We walked to Nishi-Nippori station and took the metro to Nezu station, and walked to the beautiful Nezu shrine. It's over 30c, so the coolness of the shrine gardens was fantastic. We walked back past people, setting up for a festival.

We went back to Asakusa and had a beer and snacks at Asahi tower, near the golden poo! We decided we needed a katsu and went to Katsukishi - we lined up for 10 minutes. The food was great, but it's been a long time since I've sat crossed-legged on the floor. Hip mobility is my new goal!

A rest in the arvo before heading to Meiji Jingu stadium to watch the Tokyo Swallows defeat the Hanshin Tigers - I chose the right baseball cap!

Headed back to Asakusa after the game for snacks and drinks at Jonathon's family restaurant - what a fun day. Czytaj więcej